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Immediate Family (Hardcover)

by Sally Mann (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 88 pages
  • Publisher: Aperture; New edition edition (April 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0893815187
  • ISBN-13: 978-0893815189
  • Product Dimensions: 28.9 x 24.9 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 939,666 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"[Mann's photographs] suggest that the camera is adept at depicting the desires of the subconscious as it is in rendering the shapes of everyday life."--Andy Grundberg, the "New York Times"
"These are photographs of my children. . . . Many of these pictures are intimate, some are fictions and some are fantastic, but most are of ordinary things every mother has seen. I take pictures when they are bloodied or sick or naked or angry. They dress up, they pout and posture, they paint their bodies, they dive like otters in the dark river."--Sally Mann, from the Introduction
"[Sally Mann] makes pictures of children--luminously beautiful black-and-white images of mysteriously elfin chidren around [her] rural home in Lexington, Virginia. These are riveting, enigmatic narrative images."--Ken Johnson, "Art in America"
"Her photographs are imbued with a seductive, surreal Southern sensibility. Like the writers Eudora Welty, Walker Percy, or William Faulkner, she has a great potential for telling stories. Her work pulls you in--it's very beguiling."--Davis Pratt, as quoted in the "Boston Globe"
"Sally Mann continues to probe the intimate life of her family and come up with startling, disquieting revelations. Mann's extraordinary picture of her nude daughter suspended like a shimmering white fish on a porch with unconcerned adults resonates in your mind like a dream."--Vince Aletti, the "Village Voice"


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Mann's work is quite controversial in circles where nudity and innocence do not overlap. She offers 65 black-and-white photographs of her children doing children's things in and around their rural Virginia home. An exhibition of the collection began a US tour in October 1992. Includes an afterword by writer Reynolds Price. No scholarly paraphernali

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for those who appreciate art photography, 5 Sep 2000
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A very good book which deals intimately with family life. Sally Mann is clearly the loving mother of some very self-possessed and self-aware children. I was concerned before I saw the book about some of the tales that I had heard regarding the content. Frankly, anyone who finds this book prurient needs psychiatric help. Some of the pictures are shocking, it is true, but not in that sense- the viewer is shocked by an awareness of their own inability to help when confronted with the image of a boy with a smashed nose and lip or a girl, unconscious on the surgeon's table, with multiple stitches in a gash on her forehead. Mann understands her antecedents, and there are strong echoes of Weston and Eugene Smith to name but two in this work. The fact is that bringing up children (and I speak as the father of four) is both shocking and beautiful, as are these pictures.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Universally appealing, 3 Jan 1998
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I was unaware of the controversy regarding Mrs. Mann's work until recently and find the harsh words totally unwarranted and the attitudes unbelievable. This book reflects her understanding of what it's like to be a child in a rural environment and has NOTHING to do with pornography.

The nudity which some find so shocking is natural for kids. It's not until later when we learn our bodies are "bad" that we stop displaying them. That some attach the nudity in the shots of her children with sex speaks poorly of them and those who perpetuate this attitude.

This is a wonderful book that most of you will appreciate and identify with, making you recall memories of your own youth. And, if you were brought up in a suburban area you'll even learn some of what it's like being a kid in the country. However, if your looking for a book with snapshots of smiling kids, you'll be disappointed. This is a photo essay on an all too brief time of our lives, with the pictures being neither cute nor pretty, the photographer having chosen instead to show emotion and reality, and has done so beautifully.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Full of emotion....a rare find, 1 Feb 1999
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When I first opened this book, I was shocked by the images of a bloody nose and a cut eye. But as I perused this book, I relized that all of these photographs showed different sides of childhood. The pain, the joy, and the unadulterated innocence. Sally Mann is truely talented in the art of photography. This book touched my heart like it has never been touched before.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sally Mann has inspired me-a fantastic collection
This book was a joy to read and observe, it definitely deserves the full marks....a totally inspiring and astounding book- cover to cover.
Published on 21 Oct 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing
Mann's photographs in "Immediate Family" are certainly beautiful technically. I want to like this woman who also grew up in the '60s and speaks so tenderly in her... Read more
Published on 25 April 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Photo's which remind us of our search for identity.
Sally Mann is a master at capturing emotion. Her family photographs bring the observer back to the days of self discovery and the search for ones own identity. Read more
Published on 12 April 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Top rate pictorial Art
I find it a pity if issues of childhood and whatever blinds anybody to the fact that Sally Mann is one of our greatest photographers, judged on pure aesthetics. Read more
Published on 18 April 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Immediate Family by Sally Mann
"I grew up around nude kids. I went nude whenever I could back then and have continued going nude at every opportunity throughout my life. Read more
Published on 11 April 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing and Transcendental Art
All of the photographs in this collection were taken with an 8x10 view camera, even those that have the appearance of candid, random snapshots. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars Sensitivity and photography skill at its best
The pictures can stir you up. Growing up is not always beautiful. Unbelievable how this mother can capture those moments. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 1997

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent photos...However not worthy of reviews
Very diappointing. This book was advertised and reviewed giving one the impression of it as being a master piece of nude child photography as well as an excellent depiction of... Read more
Published on 11 Oct 1997

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent photographs override those of lesser quality
Overall I liked her book, most of her photographs were excellent. The few that were not of the high quality I expected were more than overridden by the outstanding pictures like... Read more
Published on 27 Sep 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent b&w photography...some of the best I've seen!
A wonderful document of growing up as kids actually live it. Beautiful b&w photography...forever compels me to dust off my good camera, load it up with fine-grain b&w... Read more
Published on 29 Dec 1996

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